By Hampus Eckerman: Time for the first bracket. For each pair, vote for the top cult movie. Vote for what is memorable, what is fun, what is interesting, what is cult.
1. JUICY FRUITS
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Labyrinth (1986)
2. THE FINGERS ARE THE BEST PART
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
Eating Raoul (1982)
3. DON’T MESS WITH THE KING, BABY
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
Knightriders (1981)
4. THE BEST OF FANTASY
Hawk the Slayer (1980)
Return to Oz (1985)
5. REAL BLOOD OR TOMATOES
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978)
A Boy and His Dog (1975)
6. HIJINKS ENSUE
Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
The President’s Analyst (1967)
7. WEIRD RELATIONSHIPS
Crash (1996)
Amelie (2002)
8. CAMPY MOVIES
But I’m A Cheerleader! (1999)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
9. OF MICE AND MEN
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
10. MUSIC BATTLE ROYAL
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Heavy Metal (1981)
11. CHARMING FRIENDS
In Bruges (2008)
Repo Man (1984)
12. AAAAAUUUUUGGGGGGGHHH!
Them! (1954)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
13. WELCOME TO THE SIXTIES
Yellow Submarine (1968)
Hairspray (1988)
14. IT’S GONNA BE COLD, IT’S GONNA BE GREY
Groundhog Day (1993)
Eraserhead (1977)
15. FEEDING TIME
Hausu (1977)
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
16. POSSIBLE FUTURES
Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
Zardoz (1974)
17. THIS IS JUST A ROUGH PATCH
The Quiet Earth (1985)
Sid & Nancy (1986)
18. WHAT DID YOU PEOPLE DO TO HIS HEAD?
Scanners (1981)
Akira (1988)
19. NOT FINISHED WITH DOING WEIRD STUFF
Naked Lunch (1991)
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
20. UTTER CHAOS
Paprika (2007)
Godzilla (1954)
21.BEWARE, BEWARE!
Glen or Glenda (1953)
Tremors (1990)
22. NEW FLESH OR NEW STEEL
Videodrome (1983)
Metropolis (1927)
23. ALLERGIC TO STEEL
Death Race 2000 (1975)
The City of Lost Children (1995)
24. IF SOMETHING GETS IN YOUR WAY, TURN!
Better Off Dead (1985)
Donnie Darko (2001)
25. HAPPY END
Escape from New York
Allegro Non Troppo (1976)
26. LIZARDS VS RODENTS
The Princess Bride (1987)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
27. MEN AND THEIR SPORTS
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Shaolin Soccer (2001)
28. BUT THERE WAS NO FLUORIDATION?
The Wicker Man (1973)
Dr. Strangelove or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
29. VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE SYSTEM
Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
30. MEETINGS AT A STRANGE TIME
Fight Club (1999)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
31. IT’S A DIFFERENT CULTURE, JIM!
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)
Pink Flamingos (1972)
32. WEIRD LOST CREATURES
The Dark Crystal (1982)
This is Spinal Tap (1984)